Pesticides USE can be mitigated with polyculture, creating healthy conditions (food and shelter) for predatory insects to maintain pest populations, Autism risk up by 30% for gly up to 50% for other when sprayed within 2km - https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l962 Organic linked to less cancer (finally). pesticides https://www.newsweek.com/eating-organic-foods-linked-lower-cancer-risk-1182713 85% of dams in US are at the end of life expectancy X (link with things sprayed on gmo crops) mitigated by biodiversity and nutrientment management with 0.1 runoff coefficient. https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/gmos-are-in-our-food-but-we-arent-being-told-about-them http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/general-food-requirements-and-guidance/organic-products/standards/eng/1300368619837/1300368673172 Flooding in Australia https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47112044 1 meter in one week (vs 10cm in one hours) Ecosystem collpase Aus https://theconversation.com/ecosystems-across-australia-are-collapsing-under-climate-change-99367 and drought collapse https://theconversation.com/when-extreme-weather-wipes-out-wildlife-the-fallout-can-last-for-years-109191 (my car insurance increased due to insurance claims from disasters in Canada that would have all been mitigated or completely avoided by implementing water management strategies) slave lake 900mill, Fort MAc 3.7 billion, Ontario Toronto almost 880million from multiple events in 2018 from wind, flooding, https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/toronto-flood-causes-over-80-million-in-insured-damage-692706351.html 1.9 billion from severe weather in 2018 in Canada (mostly flood and wind)...For every dollar that insurers pay out for home and business insurance claims, IBC estimates that the government pays out $3 to recover the public infrastructure that is damaged by severe weather. http://www.ibc.ca/on/resources/media-centre/media-releases/ibc-applauds-governments-for-investment-in-flood-mitigation 438 millions on a communications system, funded because of calgary flood, and fort mac/slave lake fires X X 0.1 runoff coefficient or better. Cost of firefighting *** It costs $261,631 to run a single aerial firefighting per day, potential loss of life, damage to property, and loss of biomass exposing the soil, leading to topsoil erosion and less moisture retention to resist future fires, https://fireaviation.com/2018/02/21/cost-exclusive-use-vs-call-needed-air-tankers/ Hydroelectric- turning the land into a gravity battery like england did, with swales it uses the terrain too instead of just a lake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jx_bJgIFhI 1 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water By 2025 half of the nations will face significant shortages of fresh water - Steven J. Mithen - Sue Mithen, Thirst: Water and Power in the Ancient World. Harvard University Press. 2012. p 296 The practical future of automated terraforming Programming, algorithms, GPS, automated machinery to terraform Earth, today so we may then terraform planets tomorrow. The image below; * Has the contour lines displayed at 10 meter intervals in pink, and the waterflow in blue. This information, with the monthly rainfall values, monthly temperatures, soil regolith data, is all that is needed for a program to suggest where it thinks the best placement for trench/berms, gabions and keyline plowing should be (terraces can be involved too, but require more energy to level, better for preparing for urbanization). This means with and technology with today's existing automated farming equipment, we can unleash heavy machines (grader, dozers with rippers or yeomans and articulating blades) into the land that been classified as degraded (30% of earth) to allow it to regenerate. Ideally, these machines can be EV (electric vehicle) versions with solar/wind charging stations, minimal to no human personal or labour required. (assumption: {can analyse the number later} a single tractor may permanently repair one square kilometer per day on average, depending on many variables)